Editing Ruby (section)

==Historical and cultural references==
* The [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]] mentions ruby many times in the [[Book of Exodus]], and many times in the [[Book of Proverbs]], as well as various other times. It is not certain that the Biblical words mean 'ruby' as distinct from other jewels.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
* An early recorded transport and trading of rubies arises in the literature on the [[North Silk Road]] of China, wherein about 200 [[Before Christ|BC]] rubies were carried along this ancient [[trackway]] moving westward from China.<ref>C. Michael Hogan, [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006 Silk Road, North China] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002140921/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18006 |date=2 October 2013 }}, The Megalithic Portal. 19 November 2007</ref>
* Rubies have always been held in high esteem in Asian countries. They were used to ornament armor, scabbards, and harnesses of noblemen in India and China. Rubies were laid beneath the foundation of buildings to secure good fortune to the structure.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Henry G. |title=Gems and precious stones : with descriptions of their distinctive properties, the methods for determining them, &c |date=1896 |publisher=Sydney, Australia : Charles Potter |page=22 |url=https://archive.org/details/gemspreciousston00smitrich/page/22/mode/2up}}</ref>
* A traditional [[Hindu]] astrological belief holds rubies as the "gemstone of the [[Sun]] and also the heavenly deity [[Surya]], the leader of the nine heavenly bodies ([[Navagraha]])." The belief is that worshiping and wearing rubies causes the Sun to be favorable to the wearer.<ref name="smith">{{cite book|last = Smith|first = Henry G.|title = Gems and Precious Stones|publisher = Charles Potter Government Printer, Australia|year = 1896|url = http://www.farlang.com/gemstones/smith-gems-prec-stones/page_028|chapter = Chapter 2, Sapphires, Rubies|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090904/http://www.farlang.com/gemstones/smith-gems-prec-stones/page_028|archive-date = 29 September 2007|df = mdy-all}}</ref>
* In the Marvel comic books, the Godstone is a ruby that the son of J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson found on the Moon that becomes activated by moonlight, grafts itself to his chest which turns him into the Man-Wolf.